Source: EDB 5.0

Our founder, Sebastian Blæsild Krogh, recently joined the popular Danish tech podcast EDB 5.0 to discuss the innovative work behind  — this very medium you’re reading.

Key Highlights:

• Sebastian showcased , our fully automated AI news platform that publishes daily articles, newsletters and podcast content with zero manual intervention.

• Listeners got an exclusive live demo of how our text-to-speech (TTS) system works, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the automation powering Nerdic.

• Hosted by Mathias Mengesha Emiliussen, the episode explored how AI is reshaping news delivery and setting new standards for automation.

🎧 Tune in to episode 96 of EDB 5.0 on your favorite podcast platform or .

Why It Matters:
This conversation highlights how we at are pushing the boundaries of AI-driven automation to revolutionize news dissemination. It’s a testament to how AI can streamline workflows and make the impossible possible—delivering timely, high-quality news at scale.

Nerdic Update:
We are thrilled with everyone following our newsletter. 2024 has been a wild ride, and we anticipate 2025 will be even more crazy. We have focused a lot on the core tech behind our content engine and will soon reveal a host of major updates to the product and platform. We will shortly launch our new website with a host of updates like voice-based interactive AI news among others exciting thing.
We’re very excited to show you all, what we’ve been working on - so stay tuned.

Hugging Face has released Smolagents, a minimalist open-source framework for creating powerful AI agents with just a few lines of Python code.

Key Highlights:

• Contains only about 1,000 lines of code while handling core agent functionality.

• Features CodeAgent, allowing AI to write Python code directly.

• Compatible with multiple AI models, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, and Qwen.

• Enables sharing and loading tools through the Hugging Face Hub.

Why It Matters:
As AI agents become more prevalent, simple frameworks like Smolagents lower the barriers to development, allowing more builders to harness these capabilities without complex implementations. This could lead to a proliferation of AI agents for various use cases in the near future.

ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, is reportedly evading U.S. export restrictions to procure advanced NVIDIA AI chips through intermediaries and undisclosed channels.

Key Highlights:

• ByteDance continues to access high-performance GPUs despite U.S. sanctions.

• Highlights challenges in enforcing export controls.

• Underscores persistent demand for cutting-edge AI hardware in China's tech industry.

Why It Matters:
This situation highlights the ongoing technological competition between the U.S. and China, as well as the difficulties in enforcing restrictions on advanced AI components. It also demonstrates the lengths companies will go to maintain access to crucial AI development resources.

Chinese robotics company AgiBot has released AgiBot World Alpha, a new open-source dataset featuring over 1M trajectories from 100 robots to advance general-purpose humanoid training.

Key Highlights:

• Dataset encompasses training data from 100 robots across various settings.

• Covers diverse tasks, with 40% focused on household activities.

• 10 times larger than Google's Open X-Embodiment in navigational data.

• Freely accessible through platforms like HuggingFace and GitHub.

Why It Matters:
Access to high-quality training data has been a significant roadblock in robotics development. This massive open-source release could accelerate household robotics innovation and level the playing field for smaller developers who can now build with premium training data.